Phosban Reactor: Started and water comes out redish?

Pulp Fishin · 03/25/2008, 11:55 AM

I just turned on my Phosban reactor I just got.
The water that comes out is a redish brown colour and now the entire tank is kinda red but I unpluged it before it leaked anymore and jumped right on here to ask for advice!

I didn't hear anything about when you turn it on it maked funky coloured water right off the bat! What should I do? Did I do somthing wrong because I followed the directions exzactly!

Pulp Fishin · 03/25/2008, 11:56 AM

I got directions...nevermind that was fast!

Cheers!

kevin2000 · 03/25/2008, 11:56 AM

You did not rinse the phosban? I doubt it would harm much/anything in the tank but I would remove the reactor and rinse the phosban before starting up again.

seapug · 03/25/2008, 12:06 PM

ALWAYS flush the GFO in a bucket until the water runs clear before pointing the output in the sump or display. It can cause serious problems with your livestock. Most brands of GFO clearly state this on the package. The TLF PhosBan even comes with a warning on a yellow piece of paper placed in the container.

03/25/2008, 11:55 AM	#1
Pulp Fishin Were all mad here. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: London Ontario Canada Posts: 608	Phosban Reactor: Started and water comes out redish? I just turned on my Phosban reactor I just got. The water that comes out is a redish brown colour and now the entire tank is kinda red but I unpluged it before it leaked anymore and jumped right on here to ask for advice! I didn't hear anything about when you turn it on it maked funky coloured water right off the bat! What should I do? Did I do somthing wrong because I followed the directions exzactly! __________________ Reef Central Corner Club Aquarium Dumpster Diver Extraordinaire Money talks, mine says "Good-Bye" Current Tank Info: RIP:60g Pentagon Reef 100lbs LR 20g Sump Deltec Mce 600 Mag 750 250W Metal Halide & 2x39W T5's Phosban ReactorX2 5gal refugium 36xTO RIP:135G FOWLER /Agressive

03/25/2008, 11:56 AM	#2
Pulp Fishin Were all mad here. Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: London Ontario Canada Posts: 608	I got directions...nevermind that was fast! Cheers! __________________ Reef Central Corner Club Aquarium Dumpster Diver Extraordinaire Money talks, mine says "Good-Bye" Current Tank Info: RIP:60g Pentagon Reef 100lbs LR 20g Sump Deltec Mce 600 Mag 750 250W Metal Halide & 2x39W T5's Phosban ReactorX2 5gal refugium 36xTO RIP:135G FOWLER /Agressive

03/25/2008, 11:56 AM	#3
kevin2000 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,805	You did not rinse the phosban? I doubt it would harm much/anything in the tank but I would remove the reactor and rinse the phosban before starting up again. Last edited by kevin2000; 03/25/2008 at 12:02 PM.

03/25/2008, 12:06 PM	#4
seapug Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 4980 ft. Posts: 7,954 Blog Entries: 1	ALWAYS flush the GFO in a bucket until the water runs clear before pointing the output in the sump or display. It can cause serious problems with your livestock. Most brands of GFO clearly state this on the package. The TLF PhosBan even comes with a warning on a yellow piece of paper placed in the container. __________________ insert clever saying here. Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.